Valve stem



Sept 24, 1935. J. c. CRQWLEY v2,015,592

vAgvE STEM Filed Nov. 16, 1928 mili i i ffm 7m wml@ Patented Sept. 24, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Application November 16, 1928, Serial No. 319,854

1 Claim.

This invention relates to valve stems of the type which are particularly adapted to be used in connection with pneumatic tires or devices of similar nature, where a rubber container is to be inflated. One of the objects of the invention is to provide a construction in which a certain part of the valve stem may be made of standard construction, while the other part may be varied in its shape and length in accordance with the conditions under which it is to be used.

A further object of the invention is to provide a construction which will simplify the manufacture of valve stems, particularly of that type which require to be bent at an angle.

Reference should be had to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of a device embodying the invention.

Figure 2 is a section on the line 2 2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a sectional elevation of a modied form of construction.

Figure 4 is a partial sectional elevation showing a modified construction.

Figure 5 is a sectional elevation of a modified form of construction.

Figure 6 is a partial sectional elevation of a modified form.

The present standard valve stem is made of brass and of one solid piece of metal. The use of brass is occasioned by the fact that certain parts must screw on the outside and upon the inside of the valve stem, and inasmuch as the valve stem with its parts is subject to weather conditions, necessity dictates the use of a metal which will not be subject to rust.

Certain types of valve stems, that is, those used in connection with wire wheels or in other special forms of wheels, require that the valve stem shall be bent into angular position, or at least the outer portion of the valve stem, so as to make the same accessible for inating purposes. The various commercial requirements for angular i valve stems are very extensive and there is no standard in this respect. `The manufacturer, therefore, requires, if he would supply the demand, to manufacture a large variety of angular stems.

According to the present invention the valve stem is made up in a plurality of parts, and that part which is secured to the inner tube is of such nature that it may be made'of standard construction, and cooperating with this part, just mentioned, tubular portions, forming the extension of the stem, may be used, and these tubular portions may be bent at any desired angle. 'Ihe result of this will be that the manufacturer will only be required to carry the stem portions of the different angularities, while the part of the CII stem cooperating with the inner tube may be standard. This will result in a considerable reduction in cost to manufacture.

Moreover, it is entirely possible to manufacture the tubular stem of steel or some other metal, which would greatly reduce the cost of manufacture, and to use in connection therewith a part made of non-corrosive metal, which may be inserted and secured in the end of the stem, which inserted part may receive a valve structure, such, for instance, as the valve insides which is at present in use and well known.

Referring to the drawing, particularly to Figures 1 and 2, I indicates a member which, at one end, is provided with a head 2, and has a central bore 3. The member I is provided with an extension 4 of reduced diameter, thereby providing a beveled shoulder 5. 'This member I, at the lower part thereof, is provided with screw threads 6. I y

Cooperating with the member I is a tubular member l, which is of two different diameters, one portion being of sufcient diameter to fit the larger diameter of the member I, and this member I at its lower end is provided with screw threads which engage with the screw threads 6. The lower portion of the member I is provided with flat sides, as indicated at 8 in Figure 2, and this portion of the member I is adapted to cooperate with a spreader 9, which has a central opening with flat sides which, as is well known, is of usual construction with spreaders. The end of the member 1 engages with the lspreader 9, so that when an inner tube, or a portion of an inner tube, cooperates with the head 2 and the spreader, rotation of the member 'I will cause a clamping action with respect to the inner tube between the spreader 9 and the head 2.

The outer portion of the member Ia is of reduced diameter, and the inner diameter of the portion 'lEL is such as to lit over the reduced portion 4 of the member I. The member 1 is provided with internal slanting shoulders I0, and between the slanting shoulders IE! and the slant- 45 ing shoulders 5 there is positioned a packing member II. It will be obvious that when the member I is screwed inwardly upon the mem-l ber I the packing II is compressed so as to provide an efcient packing against the escape 50 of air.

The outer end of the portion 'lab is threaded, as indicated at I2, for the purpose of receiving a valve cap or the like. Within the portion 'Ia there is inserted a tubular member I3, this being secured in any desired manner. This tubular member I3 is hollow and, in the present instance, is formed in any .desired manner to secure therein a valve mechanism, such for instance as a standard valve insides.

member 'la need not necessarily be straight, but

may be made in diierent forms, as, for instance, it may be given a curved form, such as shown in Figures 5 and 6.V In any event it will be apparent that the member I may be made of standard construction for use with cooperating members, such as the member l, in which the stem may be straight or may be curved. Therefore, in manufacture it will only be necessary to make the cooperating parts, and by this We mean the parts which cooperate with the member I, of different shapes or lengths, while the part I may be of standard construction.

Referring to Figure 3, the construction there disclosed is in many respects similar to that which has been described with respect to Figure 1. The member I5 has a central bore I6 and a head I'I. The exterior surface of the member I 6 is threaded. At its outer end the member I5 is made of reduced diameter, thereby providing a shoulder I8, which is adapted to receive a packing member I9. Cooperating with the `member I5 is the tubular member 20, which is provided with beveled shoulders 2I, adapted to engage with the packing member I9. In the present instance the lower end of the member 29 is provided with an outwardly turned shoulder 22, and this is swivelly connected with a nut 23 which is adapted to be screwed upon the exterior screw threads of the member I5. As the nut 23 is screwed upon the member I5 it will draw the tubular member 26 inwardly, and so compress the packing I9, thus forming an airtight connection.

The spreader member 24 is, in the present instance, also provided with a swivel connection with the nut 23, as indicated at 25. Thus when the nut 23 is turned inwardly it not only pulls the shell 20 and the member I5 into their proper engagement, but also moves the spreader 2li into clamping action with respect to the member Il, it being understood that a portion of an inner tube is clamped between the spreader 24 and the head Il.

In the outer end of the tubular member 26 there is a member 26, which is inserted within the member 2i) and secured therein in any desired manner. As shown a packing member 21 cooperates with the end of the tubular member 20 and the member 26, so as to prevent the escape of air. The member 26 is formed to receive a valve mechanism, such for instance as the standard valve insides which is at present well known.

It will be seen that with the form of construction shown in this ligure the tubular portion 20 may be straight or may bek bent to any desired angle such as suggested in Figures 5 and 6.

In this form of construction it will be seen that the member I5 may be made of standard construction, and this is adapted to cooperate with tubular members such as the tubular member 2B, or other forms of tubular members which are bent to assume different angular forms.

In Figure 4 the tubular member 2l)a which corresponds to the member 20 in Figure 3, re-

ceives the member 26a which corresponds to the member 26 of Figure 3, but the use of the packing member 21 is omitted.

Referring to Figure 5, the member 28 is provided with a central bore 29 and with a head -5 30. The exterior of the member 28 is threaded, as clearly shown in the drawing. At the outer end of the member 28 the diameter is reduced, thereby providing a shoulder 36, which is adapted to receive a packing member 3l. The tubu- 10 lar member 32 has at its inner end a shoulder portion 33 which is adapted to cooperate with the packing 3|. The tubular member also has an outwardly extending ange 34, which has a swivel connection with a nut 35, which nut is l5 adapted to beV threaded upon the exterior o the member 28.

It will be clear that as the nut 35 is turned it will draw the shoulder 33 of the tubular member 32 against the-packing 3l and thus provide -20 an air-tight connection. The spreader 36 will be forced toward the head 30 as the nut 35 is turned and this will eiect the clamping of an inner tube between the spreader 36 and the head 30. 32 is bent at an angle with respect to the axis of member 28, this being illustrative of any angular shape which the member 32 may assume. At the outer end of the tubular portion 32 is a member 37 which is secured in the end of the 30T member 32 in any desir-ed manner. This member 3l is formed to receive a valve mechanism, such for instance, as the standard valve insides which is so well known.

In Figure 6 the tubular member 38 is shown 35` as bent at a right angle. This tubular member 38 may be formed to cooperate with any one of the standard members, such as th-e member I, the member I5 or the member 38. The tubular member 33 at its outer end receives a member 4b,

39, which is secured in any desired manner Yand is so formed as to receive a valve mechanism, such for instance, as the standard valve insides at pr-esent on the market.

It is to be noted that the threaded member 45v which acts as the attaching means between the two parts of the stem, also serves to'foroe the spreader into contact with the inner tube.

It is obvious that changes may be made deviating from the particular structures herein 50i shown, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described my invention what I claim is:

A valve stem comprising two stem parts, one 5'5'A operating with external threadson the first 651 named part to secure said parts together, and a' spreader plate swivelly connected with said nut and movable with the second named part as a unit.

JOHN o. CROWLEY. 701.

As shown in Figure 5, the tubularportion 25'1 

